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Respect to de Klerk for both the wicket and the scrutinize! She impacts Wolvardt to go upstairs – and the tech gives it out, Devine ignorees her pull and is hit above the knee -but the ball would have hit the top of the stumps. Big wicket that one.
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Bates dipped enjoy a doughnut by a speedyer ball, shuffling around the crmitigate, goes to pinsertle one round the corner, but ignores her stumps. She throws her bat in the air in dismay. Great energy at the top of the innings though.
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Plimmer goes huge one too many times and Luus is paincludeing…can she helderly on? The seconds still, but she does, to South African sprinting plmitigate.
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New Zealand XI: Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine (capt), Brooke Halliday, Minserty Green, Isabella Gaze (wk), Lea Tahuhu, Rosemary Mair, Eden Cfire-setting, Fran Jonas
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Unalterd from the semi-final.
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South Africa XI: Laura Wolvaardt (capt), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Marizanne Kapp, Chloe Tryon, Sune Luus, Annerie Dercksen, Nadine de Klerk, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayabonga Khaka.
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Unalterd all tournament.
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Laura Wolvaardt: “I skinnyk it has labored repartner well for us thrawout the tournament. I skinnyk we have batting resource we haven’t even included yet, though I hope the top order can do the job.”
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South Africa carry on the same side.
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Hello! This is it. A T20 World Cup final – but not fair any T20 World Cup Final. A T20 World Cup final without Australia, without England, without India – for the first time in the history of the women’s T20 competition.
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But, as huge as the recents has been about England and India’s underwhelming carry outances, (see Raf Nicholson here):
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And Australia’s shock loss (see Megan Maurice here):
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The genuine recents is the ascfinish of New Zealand and South Africa. Both surpascfinish finaenumerates, both on the ascfinish from the “middle group” of women’s cricket teams – who have seemed so far away from the huge three. But not so now.
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Sophie Devine’s New Zealand begined the tournament after a disastrous year of results. Their reoriginateing phase had not brawt any concrete advantages, and Devine worried to women’s cricket podcast “Powerjoin” that lesser girls were gravitating towards netball or rugby union instead. But once they hit the tournament, everyskinnyg begined to come together, with the tournament’s directing wicket acquirer Amelia Kerr the shining weightless.
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South Africa, who knocked out England to accomplish the final in the last competition have been hovering on the edge of the huge time, “Two finals in two years, we must be doing someskinnyg right” in the words of Laura Wolvaardt. Their strength has been that batting – topped by Anneke Bosch’s incredible 74 not out agetst Australia.
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By this evening will be a recent name on the trophy. Play begins at 3pm BST. Join us to see history made.
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Key events
WICKET! Halliday c Bosch b Tryon 38 (South Africa 127-4)
A huge roar as Bosch at backward square leg steadies herself and adchooses the gift swept up and away by Halliday. The finish of a cracking innings that gave New Zealand its momentum back. Tryon is poker-faced – job not proximately yet done.
17th over: New Zealand 125-3 (Kerr 31, Halliday 36) Kapp is back, but begins with a no ball – uncharacteristicpartner unself-deal withled. There have been a restricted extras in this innings. Kapp proximately has Halliday with a low brimming toss that evades her bat but skips (inexplicably) past the stumps. Kapp finishes with 0-25 from her four overs.
16th over: New Zealand 117-3 (Kerr 29, Halliday 31) A drop! Not basic, as Kerr slams the ball straight back to the bowler and Khaka instinctively accomplishes for it but can’t helderly on. To insert to their woes, South Africa are four minutes behind the clock.
15th over: New Zealand 110-3 (Kerr 23, Halliday 26) New Zealand suddenly mounted and charging. Halliday orderlyly neglectes a sweightlessly frazzled seeing de Klerk past point for four. A back foot no ball then conveys a free hit – which Kerr originates the most of: up and over mid off for four more. Click cdeficiency.
14th over: New Zealand 97-3 (Kerr 20, Halliday 21) A first boundary since the sixth over! Halliday the woman – who chases up her haul over proset up square leg with another next ball, this time to lengthy-on – fluffed on the rope by de Klerk.
13th over: New Zealand 85-3 (Kerr 19, Halliday 10) Mlaba returns. The outfield is not speedy, the ball sticking enjoy glue as Halliday cuts to the rope and the fielders are able to chase it down. The crowd is filling up.
12th over: New Zealand 79-3 (Kerr 17, Halliday 6) New Zealand staying busy, running well between the wickets, rotatig the strike, being belderly, Halliday top-edges a switch hit. Five from Luus’s over.
11th over: New Zealand 74-3 (Kerr 15, Halliday 3) No boundaries since the power join for New Zealand and lots of prescertain now on Kerr. On comms they recommend her strengths lie in massaging the bowling – leaving the huge hitters to strike the rope.
WICKET! Devine lbw de Klerk 6 (New Zealand 70-3)
Respect to de Klerk for both the wicket and the scrutinize! She impacts Wolvardt to go upstairs – and the tech gives it out, Devine ignorees her pull and is hit above the knee -but the ball would have hit the top of the stumps. Big wicket that one.
10th over: New Zealand 70-2 (Kerr 14, Devine 6) New Zealand not discovering it basic to get stuck into Tryon’s sluggish left arm. But they carry on plugging away and rinse eight from the over. At the half way point in this innings they painclude for DRINKS, ice packs and a alter of gadores.
9th over: New Zealand 62-2 (Kerr 12, Devine 1) Kapp is brawt back, determination oozing from every pore. A exceptional onfield smile as the ball flunks to come out of her hand in hand overy. She dries her hand on a cloth. I skinnyk it must be very humid out there – we’ve already seen the batters painclude for drinks shatters.
8th over: New Zealand 57-2 (Kerr 10, Devine 0) What can Devine and Kerr do from here? Three handy expansives from the over.
WICKET! Bates b Mlaba 32 (New Zealand 53-2)
Bates dipped enjoy a doughnut by a speedyer ball, shuffling around the crmitigate, goes to pinsertle one round the corner, but ignores her stumps. She throws her bat in the air in dismay. Great energy at the top of the innings though.
7th over: New Zealand 50-1 (Bates 25, Kerr 8) The cameras aren’t quite making it evident how brimming, or otherwise the ground it. Lots of noise anyway. New Zealand farm seven from the over.
6th over: New Zealand 43-1 (Bates 25, Kerr 8) A double alter as Mlaba exalters Khaka. A striking figure, her low hair dyed blond – a orderly nose ring. A directing edge from Bates drops fair low of point But Bates originates the most of a leg-side presenting, kneeling and shovelling four. End of the power join – with this the most runs conceded by South Africa in the power join this tournament.
5th over: New Zealand 36-1 (Bates 18, Kerr 8) A bowling alter, as Tryon exalters Kapp. Wolvaardt, who sees finishuringly worried, bites her lip. Some running-between-the-wickets confusion for the first time, but South Africa can’t capitalise as Kapp fumbles sweightlessly in her pick up. Excellent over.
4th over: New Zealand 34-1 (Bates 17, Kerr 7) Khaka carry ons it firm, New Zealand farming ones and twos, till the last ball when Bates pulls past the diving mid off to the rope. Alastair Cook is here, watching with his lesser family.
3rd over: New Zealand 24-1 (Bates 10, Kerr 4) New Zealand’s unfrifinishly intent persists, though with less to show from it. A no ball from Kapp – but no pleasanties as Kerr is bowled from the free hit.
2nd over: New Zealand 20-1 (Bates 7, Kerr 4) Bates get in on the act, swiping Khaka to the midwicket boundary. Plimmer descfinishs –excellent strong catch from Luus 0 but Kerr comes in and instantly is on the aggression too, pulling four from her first ball. This is A PLAN.
WICKET! Plimmer c Luus b Khaka (New Zealand 16-1)
Plimmer goes huge one too many times and Luus is paincludeing…can she helderly on? The seconds still, but she does, to South African sprinting plmitigate.
1st over: New Zealand 9-0 (Bates 1, Plimmer 8): My my! Young Plimmer has the bit between her teeth – unfrifinishly from the first ball, a boundary from the fourth as Plimmer hauls Kapp to the rope., four more as she lays into a drop ball, swivels and pulls with gumption.
The joiners are out, Marizanne Kapp has ball in hand, here we go!
This is Devine’s last suit as New Zealand’s T20 captain, and Suzie Bates today overacquires Mithali Raj to become the most capped joiner in women’s international cricket.
Here come the umpires, here come the teams for the anthems, hand in hand with the children mascots. The Kiwis are in fine voice tonight and Sophie Devine grins wolfishly at the finish.
Now South Africa’s turn, hands atraverse their chests, with the best anthem in cricket.
New Zealand XI
New Zealand XI: Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine (capt), Brooke Halliday, Minserty Green, Isabella Gaze (wk), Lea Tahuhu, Rosemary Mair, Eden Cfire-setting, Fran Jonas
Unalterd from the semi-final.
South African XI
South Africa XI: Laura Wolvaardt (capt), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Marizanne Kapp, Chloe Tryon, Sune Luus, Annerie Dercksen, Nadine de Klerk, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayabonga Khaka.
Unalterd all tournament.
“It senses to me enjoy a chasing ground,” says Nasser. It’s enlargeing stupid, it’s over 30 degrees and the seats are filling up…
Ninety-seven chances have gone down in this competition. Why. Why???? Mel Jones has been asking. “Some people say it is about the weightlesss, some about the prescertain. I skinnyk we have to go back to fundamentals over the next four year cycle in catching and fielding.”
New Zealand wanted to bat anyway – and they too carry on the same side from the semi-final. Sophie Devine says that she has exalterd messages with the men’s team over in India, who fair won for the first time in India for over 36 years.
South Africa prosper the toss and will field!
Laura Wolvaardt: “I skinnyk it has labored repartner well for us thrawout the tournament. I skinnyk we have batting resource we haven’t even included yet, though I hope the top order can do the job.”
South Africa carry on the same side.
And this is a super read on where South Africa and New Zealand sit (as well as the now knocked out West Indies.)
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— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) October 19, 2024
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I adore this from Suzie Bates:
“We’re the majesticmas of this team, still standing. Leah [Tahuhu] with her bionic knees, Sophie having dealt with a lot of stuff as captain, and me carry oning on going – it’s repartner a one-of-a-kind moment. There have been hard times, we have been thraw ups and downs, but that we have made the final is one-of-a-kind. We see after each other.”
And for all us women over 35, @valkerie_baynes has this from Suzie Bates about why it’s never too procrastinateed. https://t.co/B1z89hD7Sy#T20WorldCup
— Firdose Moonda (@FirdoseM) October 20, 2024
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Preamble
Hello! This is it. A T20 World Cup final – but not fair any T20 World Cup Final. A T20 World Cup final without Australia, without England, without India – for the first time in the history of the women’s T20 competition.
But, as huge as the recents has been about England and India’s underwhelming carry outances, (see Raf Nicholson here):
And Australia’s shock loss (see Megan Maurice here):
The genuine recents is the ascfinish of New Zealand and South Africa. Both surpascfinish finaenumerates, both on the ascfinish from the “middle group” of women’s cricket teams – who have seemed so far away from the huge three. But not so now.
Sophie Devine’s New Zealand begined the tournament after a disastrous year of results. Their reoriginateing phase had not brawt any concrete advantages, and Devine worried to women’s cricket podcast “Powerjoin” that lesser girls were gravitating towards netball or rugby union instead. But once they hit the tournament, everyskinnyg begined to come together, with the tournament’s directing wicket acquirer Amelia Kerr the shining weightless.
South Africa, who knocked out England to accomplish the final in the last competition have been hovering on the edge of the huge time, “Two finals in two years, we must be doing someskinnyg right” in the words of Laura Wolvaardt. Their strength has been that batting – topped by Anneke Bosch’s incredible 74 not out agetst Australia.
By this evening will be a recent name on the trophy. Play begins at 3pm BST. Join us to see history made.
